Golden Gloves brings boxing action to Variety ClubThe Variety Boys and Girls of Club of Queens in Astoria was packed Thursday night, as more than 100 people watched young men and women square off against each other in the annual Golden Gloves boxi...

Cutrone pitches seven scoreless innings in victoryJunior Chris Cutrone (Levittown/Island Trees HS) threw a complete game shutout as the St. Joseph’s College baseball team split a doubleheader with SUNYIT, dropping a 7-6 decision in game one before...

IS 49 looks for repeat of baseball titleBaseball’s just around the corner, but the season can’t start soon enough for the 49ers from I.S. 49 in Middle Village, the Middle School Baseball League’s defending 2013 Queens borough champions. ...

Lady Bears headed back to national championshipsThe St. Joseph’s College women’s basketball team earned an at-large bid in the 2014 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I National Championships as the No. 7 seed in the ...

St. SAviour swimmers off to Junior OlympicsTwo St. Saviour High School swimmers, Briana Vega (junior) and Caroline Adams (freshman), have qualified for the 2014 Junior Olympics, which will be held from March 14-16 at the Nassau County Aquat...

LIU guard joins exclusive clubSenior point guard Jason Brickman closed out his LIU Brooklyn career by becoming just the fourth player in NCAA history to record 1,000 assists in the Blackbirds’ 81-62 loss to Bryant on Saturday. ...

St. Joe’s women fall in title gameThe No. 4 seed St. Joseph’s College women’s basketball team was not able to repeat as Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) Tournament champions, suffering a 62-47 loss to the N...

St. Joe’s men take HVIAC basketball championshipLed by a pair of 20-plus point games from junior David Louison (Brooklyn/St. Edmund Prep) and sophomore Michael Megafu (Brooklyn/Nazareth Regional), the No. 1 seeded St. Joseph’s College men’s bask...

St. John’s women win 10 straight in Big EastSophomore Danaejah Grant recorded her first career double-double and was one of five Red Storm players in double figures, as the St. John’s women’s basketball team won its 10th straight Big East Co...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Amid anger over an Islamist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives, Nigerians returned a 72-year-old former military dictator to power Tuesday in the most hotly contested election in the country's history.